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Webster 1913 Edition
Self-evidence
Selfˊ-ev′i-dence
,Noun.
The quality or state of being self-evident.
Locke.
Webster 1828 Edition
Self-evidence
SELF-EV'IDENCE
,Noun.
Definition 2024
self-evidence
self-evidence
English
Noun
self-evidence (uncountable)
- The quality of being self-evident.
- 1689: John Locke, An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, IV. vii. 10.
- Any... man knows, that the whole is equal to all its parts, or any other maxim, and all from the same reason of self-evidence.
- 1689: John Locke, An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, IV. vii. 10.
Translations
the quality of being self-evident
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References
- self-evidence in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911